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There Is No Crypto “Contagion”
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Early Investing
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Saturday, July 9, 2022 1:20 PM EDT
The word contagion has been thrown around recently to describe some of what’s happening in the crypto markets. Some are suggesting that Three Arrows Capital is a potential contagion. For anyone thinking there’s a contagion in crypto, slow your roll.
"Nasty Squeeze" On Deck: Last Week's Shorting By Hedge Funds Was "The Second Largest Ever"
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 3:19 PM EDT
Last week, we observed that Monday, the day the S&P finally tumbled into a bear market, saw the the fifth largest 'sell program' in history. This was promptly surpassed by even more furious selling on Thursday, when the TICK hit -2,057.
In this article: SPX
Opportunity To Outperform
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S&P Dow Jones Indices
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Friday, June 10, 2022 12:05 AM EDT
Relative returns are easier to achieve when absolute returns are poor.
Concealing Volatility
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David Merkel
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 8:15 AM EDT
Just because you can’t or don’t measure the risk doesn’t mean that there is no risk. There is no significant advantage in the private market over the public market. Indeed, the reverse may be true.
Pipeline Sector Extends Outperformance
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Simon Lack
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Sunday, May 22, 2022 11:50 AM EDT
The continued rally in the energy sector is steadily lifting past performance ahead of the S&P500 over multiple timeframes. The American Energy Independence Index now has a higher annual return than the S&P500 over the past one, two and three years.
$2 Billion Hedge Fund Loses Nearly Half After Carvana Plummets 75% In 2022
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 6:40 PM EDT
For an example of a hedge fund that has previously prospered but is now imploding, look no further than CAS Investment Partners, a hedge fund. This hedge fund has lost nearly half of its assets in just the past four months.
Curb Your Enthusiasm For Inflation Hedges
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MoneyShow.com
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Saturday, March 12, 2022 8:42 PM EDT
Inflation hedges are notorious for plunging in value around the time that inflation tops out. Sometimes there is a background story that suggests the hedge will continue to perform well beyond the inflationary period, but in the end it rarely helps.
Futures Positions Of Noncommercials - CoT Report
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Paban Pandey
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Sunday, March 6, 2022 2:45 AM EDT
The 10-year treasury yield went from 2.07 percent to 1.68 percent in nine sessions. That is a nearly 40-basis-point move. Enter the new dynamics involving Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, driving commodity prices, including crude oil, soaring.
The Sharpe Ratio Broke Investors’ Brains
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, February 20, 2022 4:27 AM EDT
The Sharpe ratio is the asset management industry’s go-to statistic for summarizing achieved (or back-tested) performance. It is the most-cited reason to hire or fire individual money managers, in my experience as an allocator.
In this article: VIX
FX Trading: A Losers’ Game?
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, February 6, 2022 11:50 AM EDT
Some might consider Forex a trader’s paradise: 24-hour trading, low transaction costs, high liquidity, excellent data quality, and a variety of instruments like spot, forwards, swaps, and options. It also could be described as a zero-sum game.